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Kevin Metheny was an American radio executive and programmer. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated from the University of Maryland in 1976. He began his career in radio in 1976, working for WFBR in Baltimore. He then moved to WPGC in Washington, D.C., where he was the program director from 1979 to 1983. He then moved to WLOL in Minneapolis, where he was the program director from 1983 to 1986.
In 1986, Metheny moved to Los Angeles to become the program director of KIIS-FM. He was credited with helping to make KIIS-FM one of the most successful radio stations in the country. He was also the program director of KROQ-FM in Los Angeles from 1989 to 1992.
Metheny was the executive vice president of programming for Infinity Broadcasting from 1992 to 1997. He then became the executive vice president of programming for Clear Channel Communications from 1997 to 2004.
Metheny died on August 15, 2004, at the age of 50. He was survived by his wife, two sons, and a daughter.
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60 years old |
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Gemini |
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6 June 1954 |
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6 June |
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United States |
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October 3, 2014 |
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United States |
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Simultaneously with the 2008 acquisition of Clear Channel Communications, Inc. by Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners, Metheny left Clear Channel to become Program Director of the Tribune Company's sole radio property, News/Talk WGN, where he stayed until November 2010. In January 2013, he was named program director at WJR (Detroit). In June 2014, Metheny was named operations manager at San Francisco stations KGO and KSFO owned by Cumulus Media, a position he held until his death of an apparent heart attack on October 3, 2014. He was 60 years old and is survived by two daughters.
Metheny and various other radio program directors associated with radio personality and comedian Howard Stern were portrayed as a composite character named Kenny "Pig Vomit" Rushton by Paul Giamatti in the 1997 movie Private Parts, based on Stern's autobiographical book of the same name. On his WNBC radio show, Stern regularly referred to Metheny as "Pig Virus".
Metheny was named Program Director of The National Broadcasting Company's WNBC (NYC) in 1980. Around 1984, he accepted a position at Warner Amex Satellite Entertainment Company as Director of MTV Programming. Metheny led a management team secretly developing VH1 as a response to a challenge to MTV by Ted Turner's Cable Music Channel. He was subsequently promoted to vice-president of MTV/VH1 Music Programming and Production, and then to vice-president of VH1. After MTV Networks was acquired by Viacom in 1986, Metheny became Program Director of KTKS (Dallas). He subsequently moved to Savannah as Vice President/General Manager at WSOK/WAEV-FM. He accepted the Operations Director position of Bedford Broadcasting's San Francisco Oldies and Adult Standards stations KFRC-FM & AM followed by Oldies KQQL (Minneapolis).
Metheny became weekend air talent at Album Rock KWHP-FM in Edmond, Oklahoma in 1970. The next year, he moved to WKY in Oklahoma City, serving as weekend and fill-in talent during his senior year at John Marshall High School. Pat O'Day, General Manager of KJR/KISW-FM, hired Metheny as evening talent at KJR. Following O'Day's 1975 departure, Metheny left KJR and became afternoon drive talent/music director at WNOE-FM, New Orleans, where he was promoted to Program Director. He next served as Program Director of KDEO in El Cajon, California, changing the AM Album Rock station to Top-40 KMJC, also known as "Majic 91".
Kevin Metheny (June 6, 1954 – October 3, 2014) was an American radio and cable network executive who began his career as on-air talent and went on to direct programming and audience research at many radio stations and in a number of broadcast conglomerates. During the 1980s, Metheny helped develop cable entertainment networks MTV and VH1 as vice-president in charge of Music Programming and Production; he later served as vice-president of VH1 before returning to broadcast radio.
